Depiction of Northern Pacific Railway train 2606 at Gold Creek (Lodge County), Montana. Vignette shows locomotive 5000 and coal car. Printed with Northern Pacific logo: "September 8th 1933, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike of the Northern Pacific at Gold Creek, Montana, signalizing the completion of the first of the Northern Transcontinental Railways, the route of the North Coast Limited."

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Attached engraved note reads: "The President and Directors of the Northern Pacific Railway Company announce the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Completion of the First Northern Transcontinental Railway System, September 8, 1883 - September 8, 1933."; Includes onion skin insert and gold leafed manila folder.; Title supplied.; R7110059476

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